The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-06
THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Business Relating to Farming and Fair
Interests Transacted Yesterday.
Interesting Addresses by Prof. D. S. Jordan
and Mrs. L. G. Hufford-Three New
Members of the Board Elected.

The State Delegate Board of Agriculture yes
terday morning began its second days session.
Several recommendations Of the committee on
fair grounds in regard to repairs were concurred
in. Among these was Recommendation that
the main building be reroofed and the race
course be fenced in anew. The premium list
was referred to the February meeting of the
State board.
A resolution in regard to the cattle plague was
adopted. 1t demanded that the Representatives
and Senators in Congress from Indiana give
their support to the Miller bill, which provides
adequate measures for completely eraoicating
the lung plague from this country.
A resolution was also adopted. providing for
a committee Of three to meet with the Indiana
General Assembly committees and urge upon
the Assembly the passage of laws designed to
prevent the spread of contagious diseases
among live stock in Indiana. Messrs. Mitchell
Pruitt and Lockridge were chosen as this COM
mittee.
The report of the committee on addresses was
in effect that it was shown that everything pos
sble had been done to reduce the debt and for
ward the work in hand. The committee urged
that the Legislature be petitioned to pay tho
remainder of the bonded debt, $50, 900. A
chair of veterinary science at Purdue Uni
versty and also one OF entomology was ia
vored; the Hatch bill in Congress was favored,
and also the appropriation, by the General As
sembly, of sum sufficient to enable the board
to send out a competent person to work up an
interest in farmers Institutes The report was
concurred in.
Mr.. Cumback offered a resolution referring to
the Ssate board the question Of farmers insti-
| tutes, which was adopted.
Mr.. Mitchell moved that the Legislature be
od IN mass law eli he hpr
ship of the State Board of Agriculture. The
motion was lost.
At the opening Of the afternoon session, Pres
ident David S. Jordan. of the State University,
| gave an Interesting talk on 'The Food Fishes of
| Indiana" He had basketful Of pictorial speci-
mems of more or less antiquity, with which he
| illustrated his remarks. There are 165 kinds of
| fishes known over Indiana, divided into twenty
| six families. The following are the kinds:
! Lamprey, 2; paddlefish, l: sturgeon, 2; gar 3:
| bowfn, /; eel, l; catfish, Is; suckers, %; carp
and minnows 38; gizzard shad, l; herring. l;
mooneye q salmon, 8; trout perch L. blind fish,
| 1; klifsb, 3; mud minnow l; pike, 3; silve.sde,
/; pirate perch, /: sunfsh, 3D. bass. 2; perch, 60
drum, l; sculpin, 8; cod, l; stickleback, 2. OF
these, sixty FIVE kinds may be called fit for food,
| the others being mostly too small or their flesh
poor Carp came originally from China. 1t is a
vegetable fish, and will eat thing that
a hog or chicken will. When it is treated prop
erly it is as good as black bass 1t is the only
/ fish that it will pay to cultivate in common
ponds. White fish is the best fresh water varie-
| ty. The pike is the most destructive of all
/ fishes The black bass is of the gamiest
fish known, but Improbable to raise for food, as
| they would probably cost dollar pound
whereas they sell in market at 10 cents pound
| The drum fish sometimes weighs as high as
| fifty pounds. 1t is sold from the Ohio river as
| the white perch, but when too large too
| coarse to eat In Lake Michigan they are called
Sleeps heads, and are not considered at all good
| to eat.
The election of members of the State Board of
Agriculture to fill vacancies occasioned by terms
| now expiring was then entered upon. The
State is divided into sixteen agricultural dis
| tricts. Eight terms now expiring, the mem-
bers to which are elected for two years. Every
one of these members was placed in nomination
for another term These were as follows:
Fifth district, Will A. Greer; Sixth, Dick Jones;
Seventh. E. II. Peed; Ninth, II. La Tourette;
Tenth, Jasper N. Davidson; Eleventh, John NJ
| Graham; Twelfth. John NJ. Boggs; Thirteenth
John Ratliff. OF these Will A. Greer and ohm NJ.
| Jones's place was contested by B. B. Beeson, of
Wayne county. Mr. Jones was reelected. re-
ceiving As votes to Ii for Mr. Beeson. j. Ward
| Walker was the candidate against E. Ell. Peed.
Mr.. Peed was reelected, receiving 40 votes to q
for his opponent. H. La Tourette was defeated
for reelection. receiving 26 votes to 80 votes for
R. c. McWiliams. of Rockville: Jasper n. Da-
wilson was re elected. He received A votes his
John NJ. Graham was also defeated, Rober,
simonton, .oof Huntinston' a, a new man man.
"a; scattering In the Thirteenth
agricultural district it required two ballots to eff
feet choice. The first vote stood: John Rat
lift, 5; Willis Blanche, 81 l. B. Mcdonald, %
W. A Maze 5; necessary to choice, 81. The
second ballot stood: John Ratliff, o. Willis
Blanche, So; l. B. Mcdonald, %; w. A. Maze
l. Col. Willis Blanche, of Kokomo having re
ceved a majority Of all the votes cast was de
| clared elected
, The delegates from the various agriculture
f.J< ~ "a No. a.
in electiug three new men-Messrs. McWiliams
, | Blanche and Simonton.
Mrs Lois G.. Huford read paper on eth
Place of Woman Among thelWord's Workers
, | In concluding her paper, which was very utter
,, esting, she said: ''The executive ability O
woman is now coming to be recognized, and on
of the most significant signs of the times is tina
, she is no longer reproached with going out of he
sphere when she executes these public trusts
Even in religious bodies, the stronghold of con
sentative prejudice against admitting women t
places of influence and authority, the barrier
have been broken down, and now in all tn
t prominent sects of professionalism women are or
ganized for missionary WORK and are allowed
voice in church management. In this large
work for the diffusion of intelligence and GOO
morals in society women of all social grades ar
t engaged. The women of wealth and leisure fin
here an abundance of opportunity for the exer
else of their latent abilities for organization an
labor, that in one field or another all classe
of women are engaged, save only those butter
flies of fashion who have no thought for any
4 | thing but their pleasures. Never be
. fore was mother life so tender and at the sam
| time SO wisely thoughtful: were home
| made SO bright and attractive for son, and daugl
ter and husband. Even in this age of divorce
:. | dare assert my belief that happy marriages ar
II on the increase Hence woman going outside G
:. home for business and for work among the poo
n and tie friendless has not led to the neglect c
her own home duties. The Mrs. Jeabys, who
;, while devoted to the of missions in Boz
e rioboolagha leave their own children to ero'
a | up in an untidy home, untaugh. and uncult
;, waited, passing by the Poor Joes' Of their neigh
y borhood with not much a glance of symp;
J. thy, are few indeed
A vote of thanks was rendered to Presider
| D. S. Jordan and to h1rs. Hufford for their az
| dresses The board then adjourned to meet tn
morning at 9 o'clock.